S13 Map Poll/Discussion

[FML|WorpeX]

As per Ugri's suggestion, we're going to split this up into multiple parts, to make things interesting, and calculate everything by hand.Players have full control over the map pool this season! Reply with your picks for each category...

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Market Square
2: Twilight Ruins
3: Crucible
4: Deadlock
5: Gold Rush

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Savage Storm
2: Harvest of Sorrow
3: Silverpine Forest
4: Monsoon

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose
2: Wetlands
3: Twisted Meadows
4: Lost Temple

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Rock Quarry
2: Roundabout
3: Thunder Lake (Taverns)
4: Battle Ground
5: Copper Canyon
6: Bloodstone Mesa
7: Spider Falls
8: Hurricane Isles
9: Swamp of Sorrows
10: Emerald shittygayfuck
11: Mur'Gul Oasis
12: Duststorm
13: Free Pick (Any FFA map, Specify)

[FML|WorpeX]

I'll start:

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
2: Twilight Ruins
4: Deadlock

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
2: Harvest of Sorrow
3: Silverpine Forest

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
3: Twisted Meadows
4: Lost Temple

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Rock Quarry
3: Thunder Lake (Taverns)

[FML|Renaud]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
2: Twilight Ruins
4: Deadlock

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
2: Harvest of Sorrow
3: Silverpine Forest

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose
2: Wetlands

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
3: Thunder Lake (Taverns)
12: Duststorm

[Redkeekee]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
3: Crucible
4: Deadlock

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
3: Silverpine Forest
4: Monsoon

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose
4: Lost Temple

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
4: Battle Ground
13: Free Pick (Any FFA map, Specify) TURTLE ROCK!

[Wrecktify]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Market Square
2: Twilight Ruins


6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Savage Storm
2: Harvest of Sorrow

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose
3: Twisted Meadows


"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
3: Thunder Lake (Taverns)
11: Mur'Gul Oasis (I know im gonna be the only person to vote for this.)

[ATiBright]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Market Square
2: Twilight Ruins#2
3: Crucible#1
4: Deadlock
5: Gold Rush

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Savage Storm #1
2: Harvest of Sorrow
3: Silverpine Forest
4: Monsoon

The rest blow in this category.
4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose #2
2: Wetlands #1
3: Twisted Meadows
4: Lost Temple

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Rock Quarry
2: Roundabout
3: Thunder Lake (Taverns) #2
4: Battle Ground
5: Copper Canyon
6: Bloodstone Mesa
7: Spider Falls
8: Hurricane Isles - #1
9: Swamp of Sorrows
10: Emerald shittygayfuck
11: Mur'Gul Oasis
12: Duststorm

[Ugri2]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*

2: Twilight Ruins
5: Gold Rush

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*

2: Harvest of Sorrow
3: Silverpine Forest


4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose
2: Wetlands


"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*

3: Thunder Lake (Taverns)
6: Bloodstone Mesa


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[Q-veta]

1) Gold Rush
    Crucible

2) Savage Storm
    Harvest

3) Twisted Meadows
    Lost Temple

4) Rock Quarry
    Battle Ground

[ins]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
Market Square
Crucible

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
Silverpine Forest
Monsoon

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
DeathRose
Lost Temple

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
Roundabout--This map is sick, but it needs toned-down creeps so that you can actually claim your natural expo with a small tier 1 army

Swamp of Sorrows--I have always been a fan of this map

I think that it would be a good idea to update some of these maps.  I really like Swamp of Sorrows, but the merc camps are fucking useless and it needs Tavern(s); probably should have just more shops or labs or something.

I feel the same way about Lost Temple...it just needs a Tavern.  You could probably just take the fountain out of LT, remove the creeps from that spot, and just put a Tavern right there.

I'm not a fan of islands because the game was not designed to handle an island with a shitload of towers on it.  Then again, if the island is within reach of siege units, that problem isn't such a big deal.  I don't know...I personally like semi-islands which are blocked in by trees (later becoming part of the mainland) or can be accessed by waygates; it gives you the compromise that you have a secluded base, but that it can be accessed if you need to or you really want to.  I really liked MysticIsles because it had this kind of balance for its islands; maybe there's a way to make a bigger version of that map so that it has a bit more versatility and you can actually fit on the pathways in the middle of the map.

I think that most maps on the list are fine, so long as they have some tune-ups.

EDIT: Oh, I remember another small map that had ample gold mines, but induced a lot of fighting and positional wars: Scorched Basin.  It would need a Tavern in the middle and maybe a bit of fine-tuning, but I remember really enjoying it as all races on the ladder pool, years ago.

[Slythe]

8:  twilight
     market

6:  silverpine
     harvest

4: deathrose
    wetlands

new:  Thunderlake
         

        cenarious`s  garden.true final  ( map @ ffareplays/maps )

        imo a well designed map

[Rain]

Market
Twilight

Monsoon
Harvest

Twisted Meadows
Wetlands

Murgul
-1vote for hurricane isle

[Magadansky]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
Market Square
Crucible

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Savage Storm
2: Harvest of Sorrow

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
2: Wetlands
3: Twisted Meadows

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
9: Swamp of Sorrows
10: Emerald shoRES

[SteppinRazor]

8 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Market Square
2: Twilight Ruins
3: Crucible
4: Deadlock
5: Gold Rush

6 Player Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Savage Storm
2: Harvest of Sorrow
3: Silverpine Forest
4: Monsoon

4 Player map Choice: *pick 2*
1: DeathRose
2: Wetlands
3: Twisted Meadows
4: Lost Temple

"New" Map Choice: *pick 2*
1: Rock Quarry
2: Roundabout
3: Thunder Lake (Taverns)
4: Battle Ground
5: Copper Canyon
6: Bloodstone Mesa
7: Spider Falls
8: Hurricane Isles
9: Swamp of Sorrows
10: Emerald shittygayfuck
11: Mur'Gul Oasis
12: Duststorm
13: Santuary w/ taverns - this map is awesome!!

[FML|WorpeX]

I wouldn't mind making some minor adjustments to old maps, if thats what people would like. Granted, I wouldn't do anything huge like changing terrain, but adding in a Tavern or adjusting creeps in one or two spots is no big deal.

Also, feel free to edit your posts with changes. We wont calculate anything until a day or two before applications end (we'll be sure to make a post in here on an exact date).

[ins]

Sometime later today, I'll take a look at the maps on the list (alongside a couple of other pre-existing maps) and make some detailed notes for potential adjustments.  I think a couple of them are just a lost cause (fuck you, emerald) but a lot of them could honestly be better if we just altered them a bit.

I would do this right now, but I'm about to crash.